Students will practice their solving percent word problems skills by completing the 10 Thanksgiving-themed word problems on the worksheet. Each word problem has two questions to answer about the scenario. (20 questions total) The following skills will be used during the activity:

• Percent of a total value
• Percent markup and discount 
• Percent tax and tip
• Percent increase and decrease (percent change)
• Reasoning with percents and multistep problems

Contents:

• Teacher info and directions
• Student worksheet (2 pages)
• Answer key

Great for engaging students in meaningful math, multistep problem solving, and critical thinking in those few days before Thanksgiving break!